George W. Bush

Things will soon change in the Pittsburgh-based legal department of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. After nearly two decades in the general counsel role, Helen Pudlin will retire at the end of the month.

Public approval of major social phenomena, the economy, politicians and appointed officials is always apt to wax and wane with time. For the U.S. Supreme Court, though, public opinion is currently waning like a crescent moon.

The Obama administration is being sued by public health and environmental groups after the administration overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) draft of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard on Sept. 2, which would have enforced tougher smog limits on pollution.